The University of Akron Athletics
2024 Women's Volleyball Roster

Karleighana Jones
- Position:
- MIDDLE BLOCKER
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- White Plains HS
- Hometown:
- White Plains, N.Y.
2024: Set the Single-Season hitting percentage record (.397)… appeared in 29 matches… played in 118 sets… named to the Academic All-MAC Team... recorded 200 kills… had 10 assists… recorded 20 aces… had 54 digs… recorded a career-best 111 total blocks… had 280 points… had a career-high four aces against Cincinnati (Sep. 17)… had a career-high six digs against Cincinnati (Sep. 17)… had a career-high 10 blocks against Wyoming (Sep. 6)…
2023: Named to the Academic All-MAC Team... appeared and started 29 matches... played in a total of 70 sets... recorded 116 kills... recorded 1.66 kills per set... recorded two assists... recorded seven aces... recorded 61 total blocks... recorded a season-high 13 kills at Western Michigan (Oct. 28)... recorded a season-high six blocks at Miami (OH) (Nov. 10)...
2022: Appeared in 29 matches making 19 starts…played in 102 sets...finished with 178 kills averaging 1.75 kills per set…posted a team-best .232 hitting percentage...ranked first in total blocks with 61, tying teammate Ellen Kinnaird...posted a season-high 13 kills against Valparaiso (9/9/22)…scored 15 points against Bowling Green (11/4/22)...named 2022 Academic All-MAC
2021: Appeared in 28 matches making 27 starts as a freshman … in 103 sets, finished with 96 kills averaging 0.93 kills per set … completed a career-high 15 kills against Kent State … tallied a team second-best 81 blocks while recording a season-high eight against Miami.
High School: A four-year letterwinner from White Plains High School … named team captain in 2018 and 2019 while garnering all-league, all-conference, all-section and all-section super 7 accolades in both seasons …named WPHS Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2019 and 2020.